Whitehall Palace, the seat of the Tudor and Stuart monarchies and site of many of their most notorious antics, was grand indeed—until it burned mostly to the ground in 1698.

The now-lost palace was the backdrop to many grand banquets, tournaments, and ceremonies. Henry VIII even married two of his ...

Extensive conservation work is taking place at the Palace of Whitehall's 17th-century Banqueting House including cleaning and repairing an original Rubens ceiling painting.

The Banqueting House is the last surviving building of Whitehall Palace, the main residence of English monarchs from 1530 until 1698 which occupied most of where Whitehall ... the interior. Some ...

The house is the only surviving part of the old Whitehall Palace. In 1698 it was converted by Wren into the Chapel Royal. In 1809 it became the Chapel of the Horse Guards. It was again used as the ...